A toast to tradition: How Jaipur is reinventing the cocktail experience with charred mangoes and agave infused spirits

[ad_1] During the day, Jaipur’s Johri Bazaar presents a visually enchanting scene with numerous jewellery shops adorning its meandering pathways. However, as night descends, the scene transforms dramatically. In the midst of this lies an unassuming (at first) boutique hotel, The Johri, a 19th-century home long known as Lal Haveli, lovingly restored to capture the […]

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At Chennai’s new rooftop bar, catch sunsets and sip on innovative cocktails like shiitake-infused whisky

[ad_1] The 4,500 square feet space has three levels of seating At Irida Skky Lounge, the wind whispers secrets in your ears. Secrets that are better deciphered after a few sips of the innovative cocktails that this shiny new resto bar stirs up. “We want to level up,” says Shreyas Asthana, who co-owns the place along […]

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At Chennai’s new rooftop bar, catch sunsets and sip on innovative cocktails like shiitake-infused whisky

[ad_1] The 4,500 square feet space has three levels of seating Kale and bok choy chaat At Irida Skky Lounge, the wind whispers secrets in your ears. Secrets that are better deciphered after a few sips of the innovative cocktails that this shiny new resto bar stirs up. “We want to level up,” says Shreyas Asthana, […]

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Savour toddy on tap, arrack cocktails at Uncle’s in Colombo

[ad_1] “Life’s short, men. Have to make the best of it, noh?”  At Uncle’s in Colombo, when you order toddy and cheese toast, lessons for life come for free. This diminutive bar with a big personality defied all odds when it launched in December 2021, in a country that was both in the grip of […]

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Aashi Bhatnagar was in the top 12 at global bartending competition World Class

[ad_1] Aashi Bhatnagar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement World over, for bars and bartenders, World Class is a brand that has a certain cachet. Every year, thousands of bartenders from around the world compete through the course of the year for the right to represent their country in the global finals of this three-day bartending […]

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The Bengaluru pub chain Watsons opens in Kochi with a drink and food menu inspired by Kerala

[ad_1] A cocktail with kanji? Meet Naughty Hotty, a signature cocktail at Watsons, the new pub at International Hotel in Kochi. Apart from kanji, it also has vodka, coriander and chilli. The Bengaluru pub chain has entered Kerala with drinks made specifically for the Malayali client such as clarified Sharjah (brandy infused with banana), Pacha […]

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With World Environment Day around the corner, here is a look at how bars across India are working on being more sustainable

[ad_1] Cobbler and Crew, Pune, has won accolades for its focus on all things local. Peanut chikki liqueur, a chamomile isomalt disc atop a negroni, and a bitter gourd-infused cocktail. This motley menu has been inspired by a rather unique muse — the planet. As the food and beverage space in India takes stock of […]

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With World Environment Day around the corner, here is a look at how bars across India are working on being more sustainable

[ad_1] Cobbler and Crew, Pune, has won accolades for its focus on all things local. Peanut chikki liqueur, a chamomile isomalt disc atop a negroni, and a bitter gourd-infused cocktail. This motley menu has been inspired by a rather unique muse — the planet. As the food and beverage space in India takes stock of […]

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Bengaluru’s new ZLB – A Kyoto Speakeasy at The Leela lives up to the mystique of speakeasies

[ad_1] A snapshot of ZLB – A Kyoto Speakeasy’s interiors | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The first rule of a speakeasy bar is that you do not talk about it. Yet here I am, shattering it, sharing it forth, attracting more people to a hush-hush space even as I risk being barred from there in […]

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